This seems very much like the lady may be feeling a lack of control or worth
If you are in a situation where your life has unfortunately been condensed down to one room that may be your only haven it may well be that you want to protect that spac...
I have witnessed this many times and it may be, that in the past, husbands and wives used to refer to each other as Mummy and Daddy in front of their young children, so as not to confuse them whilst they formulate relationship differentiations.
I...
This makes me think of my mum and how, when I was a child she would lick her fingers to rub dirt off my face. A spit wash is what it was called I think. I also remember her talking about this and she said she remembers her mum doing it to her. Her...
The translation is that they are telling you that they cannot identify their personal room.
This is a very common issue within a care setting and I have found that most care providers have had this issue from time to time. I have been fortunat...
There will come a time, in everyones dementia journey, that the need to move to adapted equipment will become a necessity. This could be plates, cups or even hoists and beds.
Normally one of the first things that needs adaptation is a plate or...
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